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Genealogies of a Crime
1997
· Movie
· 113 min
D
MEANRANK
59/100
Every rating
43–70
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 43, highest is Letterboxd on 70.
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Details
- Director
- Raúl Ruiz
- Writers
- Pascal Bonitzer, Raúl Ruiz
- Studio
- Madragoa Filmes, Gemini Films, Canal+, CNC
- Released
- 4 May 1997
- Country
- France, Portugal
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 113 min
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